HP 7 VoiceTab Review

About HP 7 VoiceTab

HP appears to be specializing in the voice-calling pill market with its VoiceTab line of merchandise. We noticed the launch of HP’s earlier vary on this class early final yr, and the HP Slate6 VoiceTab (Evaluation | Footage) did not obtain a beneficial opinion from us.

Transferring ahead, HP’s latest voice-calling Android pill, the HP 7 VoiceTab, is a 7-inch pill as its title suggests. You will not want to interrupt a financial institution to buy one because it prices lower than Rs. 10,000. This is hoping that HP has learnt a factor or two from its earlier errors.

HP 7 VoiceTab Feel and appear

The HP 7 VoiceTab appears and looks like a sturdy system, which is nice for the reason that Slate6 VoiceTab had poor construct high quality. Made totally of plastic, the HP 7 VoiceTab is kind of chunky at 10.2mm thick and 305g in weight. Even so, the bezels are pretty skinny, making the HP 7 VoiceTab really feel extra compact than another 7-inch tablets we have used previously.

Due to its comfortable matte rear, the HP 7 VoiceTab would not actually supply a superb grip however it feels prefer it may take a number of falls. It’s accessible solely in a white-and-black color scheme. The white rear will get soiled actually quick.

The facility button and quantity rocker are on the precise fringe of the pill. These buttons have respectable journey. On the underside is the usual Micro-USB charging port and on the highest lies the three.5mm audio jack. HP determined to go along with onscreen buttons for navigating by way of the working system. Above the 6.95-inch display screen are the earpiece, entrance digicam and ambient gentle sensor.

The first digicam and flash are on the rear together with stereo audio system. There’s a detachable flap on the higher rear which hides the SIM card slot from plain sight. Nonetheless, the microSD card slot is uncovered, which invitations mud particles and dirt.

The 6.95-inch show has a decision of 600×1024, which interprets to a low 170ppi density. Photos and textual content look pixellated, colors are washed out, and viewing angles are utterly off. Even at most brightness the show is kind of dim. It’s no shock then that daylight legibility is not good both.

HP 7 VoiceTab Specs, software program and digicam

The HP 7 VoiceTab makes use of a quad-core Mediatek MT8382 SoC which has 4 1.three GHz Cortex-A7 CPU cores and a Mali-400MP2 GPU. There’s 1GB of RAM accessible for functions and companies. HP gives 8GB of inner cupboard space however one can lengthen this by as much as 32GB utilizing a microSD card. The pill additionally helps USB On-the-Go.

It has a 5-megapixel main digicam with flash, and a VGA entrance digicam. The pill can hook up with 3G networks, and different wi-fi connectivity choices embrace Bluetooth v4.zero and Wi-Fi b/g/n. It has a non-removable 3000mAh battery inside offering the juice.

The HP 7 VoiceTab runs vanilla Android four.four.2 (KitKat) with none skinning. There are not any added options resembling windowed or split-screen modes to make higher use of the massive display screen. HP provides just a few apps: HP Related Photograph, HP Assist Assistant, Rescue, and Skype. HP Assist Assistant and Rescue present related capabilities within the type of technical assist. It’s shocking that HP hasn’t bundled a productiveness app for studying/enhancing paperwork.

HP depends on the default Google digicam app to get the job performed. It’s a fairly respectable app that focuses on capturing and does away with intimidating guide controls. Sadly, nonetheless good the app is, it can not actually salvage the efficiency of the digicam. The rear digicam tries its finest to seize good photographs however fails. Our check photographs have been laden with noise and had points with temperature. Furthermore, captured 1080p video was wrapped within the 3gp compression commonplace and seemed downright unhealthy. The much less mentioned in regards to the efficiency of the entrance digicam, the higher.

HP 7 VoiceTab Efficiency

The HP 7 VoiceTab is a reasonably respectable performer in day by day utilization. We did not discover any freezes or stutters when utilizing the system, although heavy video games did not work nicely.

The HP 7 VoiceTab scored 7fps in GFXBench and 3036 within the 3DMark Ice Storm check. We ran AnTuTu and Quadrant as nicely, during which the system scored 17,768 and 6,578 factors respectively.

True to its title, the HP 7 VoiceTab dealt with voice calling nicely. Sound high quality was actually good and also you need not fear about dropped connections both. It could not deal with 1080p movies however the sound emanating from the twin audio system was actually loud and did not distort at most quantity both. The bundled earphones are as much as most duties and there’s no want to exchange them. In our video loop battery check, the HP 7 VoiceTab lasted solely 5 hours and 38 minutes, which is beneath par for a pill, value however.

HP 7 VoiceTab Verdict

The official value of the HP 7 VoiceTab when it launched was Rs. 10,990, which might have been an excessive amount of for the efficiency and options it gives. Nonetheless, you will discover one for as little as Rs. eight,500 now. Even contemplating the worth drop, we expect competing tablets such because the Digiflip Professional XT811 and Asus Fonepad 7 2014 (Evaluation | Footage) are higher choices in the identical value vary. HP actually must rethink its technique if it needs to focus on the finances pill phase.